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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Uzbekistan extends Red Carpet to Indian filmmakers for shooting in the Central Asian Republic
“We want India-Uzbekistan friendship to stay as strong as forever”
#IFFIWood, 27 November 2022
Uzbekistan is keen to collaborate with Indian filmmakers for making movies in their country. The Central Asian republic is keen to host film industry stakeholders belonging to national and vernacular language film industry, for shooting in their country. Yes, Indian filmmakers have received this warm invitation to add to the breadth, depth and richness of its films, by leveraging the architectural, religious and natural destinations of the country, including its mosques, mausoleums and other sites.
The invitation has been extended by Dr. Barno Ungboeva, Adviser to the Director General of Cinematography Agency of Uzbekistan, at an IFFI Table Talks, held during 53rd edition of IFFI, the International Film Festival of India, in Goa today. She was accompanied by renowned film directors from Uzbekistan Khilal Nasimov and Lazizbk Temirov; and Producer Atabek Khodjiev. Alam Sarfaraz who is a line producer in Uzbekistan was also present.
“We have Bollywood films which were screened in Tashkent Film Festival. We have also extended our reach to other Indian film industries in India, such as the Tamil, Telugu and Bengali film industry”, said Barno Ungboeva.
She informs that students from West Bengal have been invited to participate in a 5-day filmmaking competition in the Tashkent International Film Festival. “We have invited Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandana to showcase their films in the next edition of the festival and they have agreed to it.”
Bollywood films and hindi film-songs are very popular in their country, informs Uzbek Director Khilal Nasimov. “We grew up listening to Indian music and watching Indian movies, including by Raj Kapoor, Hema Malini and Shah Rukh Khan, to name a few. We love them all. They are a super-emotional part of our lives”.
Producer Atabek Khodjiev extended invitation for Indian film-makers to visit Uzbekistan’s film institute and to enter into collaboration for film-shooting in their country. “We want the India - Uzbekistan friendship to stay as strong as forever”.
A film delegation from India, led by NFDC MD Ravinder Bhakar was present at the XIV Tashkent International Film Festival this year. New steps were signed with Uzbekistan for collaboration and coproduction.PIB IFFI CAST AND CREW | Dheep/ Sriyanka/ Darshana | IFFI 53 - 149
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Ministry of Finance
Demonetisation and its impact on Tax collection and Formalisation of the Economy - Arun Jaitley
The Reserve Bank has twice released its reports stating that the demonetised Notes of `500 and `1000 have been substantially deposited in the Banks. A widely stated comment has been that just because most of the currency came back into the Banks, the object of Demonetisation has not succeeded. Was the invalidation of the Non-deposited currency the only object of demonetisation? Certainly Not. The larger purpose of demonetisation was to move INDIA from a Tax Non-compliant society to a compliant society. This necessarily involved the formalisation of the Economy and a blow to the black money. How has this been achieved?
- WHEN cash is deposited in the Banks, the anonymity about the owner of the cash disappears. The deposited cash is now identified with its owner giving rise to an inquiry, whether the amount deposited is in consonance with the depositor’s income. Accordingly, post demonetisation about 1.8 million depositors have been identified for this enquiry. Many of them are being fastened with Tax and Penalties. Mere deposit of cash in a bank does not lead to a presumption that it is Tax paid Money.
- In March 2014, the number of Income Tax returns filed was 3.8 crores. In 2017-18, this figure has grown to 6.86 crores. In the last two years, when the impact of demonetisation and other steps is analysed, the Income Tax returns have increased by 19% and 25%. This is a phenomenal increase.
- The number of New Returns filed post demonetisation increased in the past two years by 85.51 Lakhs and 1.07 crores.
- For 2018-19, advance Tax in the first quarter has increased for personal Income Tax Assesses by 44.1% and in the Corporate Tax category by 17.4%.
- The Income Tax collections have increased from the 2013-14 figure of `6.38 Lakh crores to the 2017-18 figure of `10.02 Lakh crores.
- The growth of Income Tax collections in the Pre-demonetisation two years was 6.6% and 9%. Post-demonetisation, the collections increased by 15% and 18% in the next two years. The same trend is visible in the third year.
- The GST was implemented from 1st July, 2017 i.e. Post demonetisation. In the very first year, the number of registered assesses has increased by 72.5%. The original 66.17 Lakh assesses has increased to 114.17 Lakhs.
This is the positive impact of the Demonetisation. More formalisation of the Economy, More Money in the System, Higher Tax Revenue, Higher Expenditure, Higher Growth after the first two quarters.
Ministry of Defence
Mountain Terrain Bike Expedition at Air Force Station Kasauli
Annual Air Force Inter-Command Mountain Terrain Bike  Competition was organised from 04 – 07 March 2020 at Air Force Station, Kasauli. The event was conducted for selecting the Indian Air Force MTB Expedition team for participating in various competitions at national and international levels apart from promoting the spirit of adventure sports amongst the air warriors. A total of 40 air warriors participated in the championship.
Gp Capt James P Daniel, Station Commander, Air Force Station Kasauli flagged off the expedition which was conducted in two legs of 20 km each on the route Kasauli-Garkhal-Sanawar--Kasauli. The event was witnessed and felicitated by the enthusiastic crowd all along the route.
During the closing ceremony held at the Station, Training Command, Indian Air Force the winner of the event, was handed over the rolling trophy by Station Commander.
Sgt SK Sahoo, LAC J Singh and Cpl Anoop Singh won Gold, Silver and Bronze medals respectively in the individual category of the event.
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Ministry of Finance
PFRDA permitted now Overseas Citizen of India to enroll in NPS at par with Non-Resident Indians
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority  has now permitted Overseas Citizen of India  to enroll in National Pension Scheme  at par with Non-Resident Indians vide Circular No: PFRDA/2019/19/PDES/3 dated 29th October 2019. The Government vide notification S.O. 3732 dated 17th October, 2019 on Foreign Exchange Management  Rules, 2019 of Dept. of Economic Affairs, has specified that an OCI may subscribe to the National Pension System governed and administered by PFRDA, provided such person is eligible to invest as per the provisions of the PFRDA Act and the annuity/accumulated saving will be repatriable, subject to FEMA guidelines.
Contributions made towards NPS are eligible for an additional tax deduction under section 80CCD upto Rs. 50,000 which is over and above the Rs 1,50,000 limit of deduction available under sec 80CCD. In the Union Budget 2019, the tax exemption limit for lumpsum withdrawal on exit/maturity from NPS has been increased from the present 40% to 60% under section 10 of the IT Act and the remaining 40% of the corpus is already tax-exempt as it is mandatorily utilized for annuity purchase.
About PFRDA:
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority  is the statutory Authority established by an enactment of the Parliament, to regulate, promote and ensure orderly growth of the National Pension System  and pension schemes to which this Act applies. NPS was initially notified for central government employees joining service on or after 1st Jan 2004 and subsequently adopted by almost all State Governments for its employees. NPS was extended to all citizens of Indian on voluntary basis from May 2009 and to corporates in December 2011 and to Non-Resident Indians in October 2015.
As on 26th October 2019, the total number of subscribers under NPS and Atal Pension Yojana has crossed 3.18 crores and the Asset under Management  has grown to Rs. 3,79,758 crores. More than 66 lakhs government employees have been enrolled under NPS and 19.2 lakhs subscribers have subscribed to NPS in the private sector with 6,812 entities registered as corporates.
PFRDA in its endeavor to promote and develop NPS has taken several initiatives towards increasing the pension coverage in the country. Now, any Indian citizen, resident or non-resident and OCIs are eligible to join NPS till the age of 65 years.
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Ministry of Defence
INDIAN FISHING BOAT RESCUED IN A COORDINATED OPERATION BETWEEN INDIAN COAST GUARD AND BANGLADESH COAST GUARD
Kolkata, 08 July 2019
Thirteen crew members onboard Indian fishing boat ‘Tara Shankar’ have been rescued from about 60 NM inside Bangladesh waters on Saturday , in a coordinated operation between Indian Coast Guard and Bangladesh Coast Guard amidst very rough seas and inclement weather.
On Saturday afternoon Indian Coast Guard Regional Headquarters in Kolkata had received a telephonic message from Assistant Director , Diamond Harbour regarding the distressed Indian Fishing Boat “Tara Shankar” with 13 crew from Kakdwip, West Bengal.
On receipt of the information and considering the rough sea/inclement weather conditions, the Indian Coast Guard Regional Headquarters immediately contacted Bangladesh Coast Guard West Zone Headquarters at Mongla. On the request of Indian Coast Guard, one Bangladesh Naval ship on patrol was diverted and one Bangladesh Coast Guard ship was sailed from Mongla harbour for Search and Rescue.
Bangladesh Navy ship located the Indian disabled boat with 13 crew onboard near Mongla Fair Way Buoy in the evening and rescued the boat and all crew members. Despite very high sea conditions  Bangladesh Naval ship took the Indian disabled boat under tow and brought to Pussur River mouth , where 100 more Indian Fishing Boats were sighted. These Indian Fishing Boats had taken shelter due to rough seas & inclement weather. After coordination efforts by Indian Coast Guard Regional Headquarters, Kolkata with Bangladesh Coast Guard, the Indian disabled boat was handed over to one of the operational IFBs for towing back to India. As sea is rough, all the Indian Fishing Boats including the disabled boat under tow were guided by Bangladesh Naval ship for taking passage through riverine/coastal route westward upto Haribhanga river.
The prompt operation could be executed because Indian Coast Guard and Bangladesh Coast Guard have a ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ followed by a ‘Standard Operating Procedure’ for helping each other during such incidences and making waters of north Bay of Bengal safe.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM applauds the “Healthy Baby” show campaign being organized across Secunderabad Parliament Constituency
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has praised the “Healthy Baby” show campaign being organized across Secunderabad Parliament Constituency. Shri Modi was responding to the tweet threads by Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and Development of North Eastern Region, G Kishan Reddy wherein Shri Reddy has informed that the programme was initiated with distribution of enrollment forms for the “Heathy Baby Show” in every basti - every colony & society of Secunderabad Parliament Constituency. He has also informed that the healthy children and their families were felicitated with certificates and ’Poshan Kits’.
Responding to the tweet threads by Union Minister, the Prime Minister tweeted;
“This is a noteworthy effort, which will greatly benefit children.”
Prime Minister's Office
PM to address Gurpurab celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev Ji at Gurudwara Lakhpat Sahib
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will address the Gurpurab celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev Ji at Gurudwara Lakhpat Sahib in Kutch, Gujarat on 25 December 2021, at around 12:30 PM , via video conferencing.
Every year from 23rd December to 25th December, Sikh Sangat of Gujarat celebrate the Gurpurab of Guru Nanak Dev Ji at Gurudwara Lakhpat Sahib. Guru Nanak Dev ji had stayed at Lakhpat during the course of his travels. Gurudwara Lakhpat Sahib has his relics including wooden footwear and palkhi  as well as manuscripts and markings scripts of Gurmukhi.
The Gurudwara had suffered damages during the 2001 earthquake. The then Gujarat Chief Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, had undertaken urgent efforts to ensure repair of the damages. This step showed the deep reverence of the Prime Minister for the faith, as also reflected in multiple recent endeavours, including the celebrations of 550th Parkash Purab of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, 350th Parkash Purab of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, and 400th Parkash Purab of Guru Tegh Bahadur ji.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Spices Board establishes eight crop specific Spices Parks across the country
Spices parks set up common processing and value addition facilities for use by the local farmers, traders, exporters, and other stakeholders; provides a large number of job opportunities, both direct and indirect
Spices Board has established eight crop specific Spices Parks across the country, the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Smt. Anupriya Patel said in reply to a parliamentary question today.
The details of spices parks are as below:
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Name of the Spices Park
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State
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Spices covered
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Chhindwara
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Madhya Pradesh
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Garlic and Chilli
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Guna
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Madhya Pradesh
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Coriander
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Guntur
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Andhra Pradesh
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Chillies
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Jodhpur
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Rajasthan
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Cumin
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Ramganjmandi
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Rajasthan
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Coriander
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Puttady
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Kerala
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Cardamom and Pepper
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Raebareli
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Uttar Pradesh
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Mint
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Sivaganga
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Tamil Nadu
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Chillies and Turmeric
The objective of the spices park is to set up common processing and value addition facilities including cleaning, sorting, grading, grinding, oil extraction and packaging of spices for use by the local farmers, traders, exporters and other stakeholders. In addition, plots have also been allotted in the Spices Parks at Guna, Jodhpur, Ramganjmandi, Guntur, Raebareli and Sivaganga to the exporters, traders and farmer producer organization for establishment of their own spices processing units. The spices parks are providing large number of job opportunities, both direct and indirect. The details of processing facilities available in the spices parks are as below:
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Name of the Spices Park
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Details of processing facilities
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Chhindwara
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Garlic drying / dehydration and chilli extraction
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Guna
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Cleaning, grading, colour sorting, grinding, packaging facilities for Seed spices particularly coriander
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Guntur
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Cleaning, sorting, grinding and packaging facilities for Chillies
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Jodhpur
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Cleaning, grading, colour sorting, grinding, packaging facilities for Seed spices particularly cumin
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Ramganjmandi
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Cleaning, grading, colour sorting, grinding, packaging facilities for Seed spices particularly coriander
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Puttady
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Cleaning, grading, grinding, packaging facilities for cardamom and pepper
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Raebareli
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Oil extraction facilities for Mint and other herbs
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Sivaganga
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Cleaning, grading, colour sorting, grinding, packaging facilities for chillies and turmeric
Presently, no proposals are pending for setting up of additional spices parks.
With the new scheme of 99 prioritized AIBP projects approved in July 2016, central assistance under CADWM has been restricted to these prioritized projects only. Presently, 88 projects  have been included under PMKSY-CADWM, targeting additional culturable command area  of 45 lakh hectares, for the total estimated cost of Rs 18,736 crore, out of which targeted central assistance  component is Rs.8,236 crore.
State-wise details of central assistance , and CCA covered, under CADWM during 2016-21 is placed at Annexure – I. Further, State-wise details in respect of SMI & RRR of Water Bodies component of PMKSY-HKKP, including Rajasthan, are placed at Annexure-II, while that for Ground Water component is placed at Annexure-III. However, under Ground Water component, no proposal from Government of Rajasthan has been submitted for inclusion.
Projects under PMKSY- HKKP are continuously being monitored and evaluated through Central Water Commission  regional offices under Ministry of Jal Shakti, and also by the project monitoring unit of PMKSY. Progress of CADWM projects is also being monitored through online CADWM Information System . Further, progress of CADWM projects is also reviewed periodically through a Project Implementation Review Committee . Eight meetings of the Project Implementation Review Committee  have been held so far.
Further, SMI & RRR of Water Bodies component of PMKSY-HKKP is also being monitored on sample basis by the field offices of CWC. In addition, all the components of PMKSY-HKKP are being monitored from time to time by the respective Wing Heads at Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation level.
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, ShriBishweswarTudu in a written reply in LokSabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 192.12 Cr
Over 3.26 Cr 1st dose vaccines administered for age group 12-14 years
India's Active caseload currently stands at 14,996
2,323 new cases reported in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.75%
Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 0.51%
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 192.12 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,41,62,678 sessions.
COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 3.26 Cr  adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Similarly, the COVID-19 precaution dose administration for age group 18-59 years also started from 10th April, 2022 onwards.
The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,04,06,421
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2nd Dose
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1,00,33,531
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Precaution Dose
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50,91,987
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,84,18,106
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2nd Dose
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1,75,72,318
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Precaution Dose
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83,39,049
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Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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3,26,77,817
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2nd Dose
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1,37,12,104
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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5,91,51,229
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2nd Dose
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4,46,72,390
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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55,68,07,889
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2nd Dose
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48,67,68,715
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Precaution Dose
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5,41,301
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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20,31,87,312
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2nd Dose
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19,01,08,096
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Precaution Dose
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11,38,437
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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12,70,46,269
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2nd Dose
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11,85,25,728
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Precaution Dose
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1,70,98,021
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Precaution Dose
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3,22,08,795
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Total
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1,92,12,96,720
India’s Active Caseload currently stands at 14,996. Active cases now constitute 0.03% of the country's total Positive Cases.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.75%. 2,346 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients  is now at 4,25,94,801.
2,323 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 4,99,382 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 84.63 Cr  cumulative tests.
Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 0.51% and the Daily Positivity rate is reported to be 0.47%.
President's Secretariat
President of India to address the Nation tomorrow on the eve of 70th Republic Day
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, will address the nation tomorrow  on the eve of the 70th Republic Day.
The address will be broadcast from 1900 hrs. on the entire national network of All India Radio  and telecast over all channels of Doordarshan in Hindi followed by the English version. Broadcast of the address in Hindi and English on Doordarshan will be followed by broadcast in regional languages by regional channels of Doordarshan. AIR will broadcast regional language versions from 2130 hrs. onwards on its respective regional networks.
President's Secretariat
President of India's Greetings on the eve of Dussehra
The President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu in her message on the eve of Dussehra has said :-
“On the auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami, I extend my warm greetings and best wishes to all the fellow citizens.
The festival of Vijayadashami is celebrated all over India as a symbol of victory of good over evil, truth over untruth, morality over immorality. In North India it is celebrated as 'Dussehra' and the victory of Lord Rama over Ravana is animated through 'Ravana Dahan'. Shri Ram's message of ideal conduct and propriety has been inspiring to people from generation to generation.
In eastern India, the 'Durga idol immersion' ceremony is celebrated with enthusiasm on this day. Thus, this festival is an example of the cultural unity of India.
I wish that this festival continues to inspire us to imbibe the eternal life values of ethics, truth and goodness and to live a life of peace and harmony”.
Click here to see the President's Message
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
MoS Dr Jitendra Singh participates in Yoga Day activities in Jammu
The Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region , Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh led the Yoga Day activities in Jammu on the occasion of 4th International Day of Yoga today.
In Jammu, the main regional level event was held at K. K. Hakku Stadium where MoS Dr Jitendra Singh led the people from different walks of life and performed various yoga postures and kriyas.
Speaking on the occasion the Union Minister said that bringing yoga on the international arena is one of India's most important gifts to the world and a remarkable achievement of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. He called upon the people to adopt yoga as a way of life for proper physical and mental health.
Sportsmen, security forces personnel, NCC cadets and others also participated in the event.
Ministry of Defence
Raksha Mantri holds telephonic conversation with UK Secretary of State for Defence; Discusses ways to enhance defence industrial cooperation
UK companies should become part of India’s growth story & participate in co-development & co-production in India: Shri Rajnath Singh
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh held a telephonic conversation with UK Secretary of State for Defence Mr Ben Wallace on February 21, 2023. The conversation was cordial, positive and focused on future growth of the bilateral defence relationship. Both Ministers discussed a wide range of defence and security issues, including regional developments and the Indo-Pacific.
The Ministers briefly reviewed their ongoing defence cooperation and expressed satisfaction at their bilateral military-to-military engagements. They also discussed ways to enhance defence industrial cooperation and identified a few potential areas of cooperation. The Raksha Mantri suggested that UK companies should become part of India’s growth story and participate in co-development and co-production in India.
Ministry of Law and Justice
Press Communique
In exercise of the power conferred by clause  of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint S/Shri  Shailesh Pramod Brahme,  Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla and  Jitendra Shantilal Jain, Advocates as Additional Judges of the Bombay High Court, for a period of two years, in that order of seniority, with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices.